Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 1/22/2018

Strong investor demand for institutional loans help issuers flex terms in their favor

Continued strong demand for institutional loans has carried into the New Year. Already there has been US$30bn in institutional loan issuance this year. While that is lower than the year-ago level of US$43bn, this year’s number includes more new money issuance. Of the US$30bn of 2018 institutional issuance,